Streaming-technology based video data processing method and apparatus

ABSTRACT

Embodiments of the present invention provide a streaming-technology based video data processing method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining a media presentation description, where the media presentation description includes index information of video data; obtaining the video data based on the index information of the video data; obtaining tilt information of the video data; and processing the video data based on the tilt information of the video data. According to the video data processing method and apparatus in the embodiments of the present invention, information received by a client includes tilt information of video data, and the client may adjust a presentation manner for the video data based on the tilt information.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/CN2017/098291, filed on Aug. 21, 2017, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201611252400.7, filed on Dec. 30, 2016.The disclosures of the aforementioned applications are herebyincorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of streaming data processing,and in particular, to a streaming-technology based video data processingmethod and apparatus.

BACKGROUND

Virtual reality (VR) technology is a computer simulation system in whicha virtual world can be created and experienced, generating a simulationenvironment by using a computer. It is an interactive system simulationof multi-source information fusion for a three-dimensional dynamic sceneand entity behaviors, and it can immerse users in the environment. VRmainly includes aspects such as environment simulation, sensing, naturalskills, and sensing devices. Environment simulation is vivid real-timedynamic three-dimensional images generated by a computer. Sensing meansthat ideal VR should include all human senses. In addition to a visualsense generated by a computer graphics technology, there are senses suchas hearing, touch, force, and motion, and even smell and taste areincluded. This is also referred to as multi-sensing. Natural skills arehuman actions, such as rotation of the human head, human eye movement,gestures, or other human behaviors. Computers process data correspondingto actions of a participant, respond in real time to inputs by the user,and provide respective feedbacks to five sense organs of the user.Sensing devices are three-dimensional interactive devices. When a VRvideo (or a 360-degree video or an omnidirectional video is presented ona head-mounted device and a handheld device, there is only the part ofthe presentation, video image and related audio, corresponding to thehead of the user.

With development and improvement of virtual reality technologies, VRvideo viewing applications, for example, VR video viewing applicationswith a 360-degree angle of view, are more frequently presented to users.Omnidirectional VR video content covers a full field of view of 360degrees of a user. To provide an immersive experience to the viewer,video content presented to the user needs to be forward, to be specific,the video content presented to the user is consistent with naturalobjects in a vertical direction.

Each existing VR video acquisition device has more than one lens. Aplurality of lenses can acquire a plurality of images at a same moment.For example, two fisheye lenses can acquire two images (for example,FIG. 1). A VR image can be obtained by stitching the plurality of imagestogether. During actual shooting, an acquisition device may be tilteddue to some reasons. Consequently, a finally acquired video may betilted, and such a tilt causes discomfort to a viewer.

SUMMARY

A first aspect the present invention provides a streaming-technologybased video data processing method. The method includes: obtaining amedia presentation description, where the media presentation descriptionincludes index information of video data; obtaining the video data basedon the index information of the video data; obtaining tilt informationof the video data; and processing the video data based on the tiltinformation of the video data.

In one embodiment, the processing of the video data based on the tiltinformation of the video data includes: presenting the video data basedon the tilt information of the video data or decoding the video databased on the tilt information of the video data.

According to the video data processing method in this embodiment of thepresent invention, the tilt information is transmitted, so that a clientadjusts a processing manner for the video data based on the tiltinformation.

In one embodiment, the streaming technology in this embodiment of thepresent invention is a technology in which a string of media data iscompressed and then the data is sent at different times through anetwork and is transmitted on the network for playing by the client.There are two manners for streaming transmission: progressive streaming(Progressive Streaming) and real-time streaming (Realtime Streaming).The streaming transport protocol mainly includes a hypertext transferprotocol (HyperText Transfer Protocol, HTTP), a real-time transportprotocol (Real-time Transport Protocol, RTP), a real-time transportcontrol protocol (Real-time Transport Control Protocol, RTCP), aresource reserve protocol (Resource reserve Protocol), a real timestreaming protocol (Real Time Streaming Protocol, RTSP), a routing tablemaintenance protocol (Routing Table Maintenance Protocol, RMTP), and thelike.

In one embodiment, the video data in this embodiment of the presentinvention may include one or more frames of image data, and may beoriginal data acquired by an acquisition device, or may be data obtainedafter acquired original data is encoded. In one embodiment, acquiredoriginal data is encoded by using an encoding standard such as ITU H.264or ITU H.265. In one embodiment, the video data includes one or moremedia segments (segment). In an example, a server prepares a pluralityof versions of bitstreams for same video content, and each version ofbitstream is referred to as a representation (representation). Therepresentation is a set and encapsulation of one or more bitstreams in atransmission format. One representation includes one or more segments(segment). Encoding parameters, such as a bit rate and resolution, ofdifferent versions of bitstreams may be different, each bitstream isdivided into a plurality of small files, and each small file is referredto as a segment. In a process of requesting media segment data, theclient may switch between different media. In an example, the serverprepares three representations for a movie, including rep1, rep2, andrep3, where rep1 is a high-definition video at a bit rate of 4 MBPS(megabits per second), rep2 is a standard-definition video at a bit rateof 2 MBPS, and rep3 is a standard-definition video at a bit rate of 1MBPS. Segments of each representation may be stored together in a filein an end-to end manner, or may be separately stored as small files. Asegment may be encapsulated in a format in standard ISO/IEC 14496-12(ISO BMFF (Base Media File Format)), or may be encapsulated in a format(MPEG-2 TS) in ISO/IEC 13818-1.

In one embodiment, the video data may alternatively be encapsulatedbased on a proprietary protocol. Media content within a time length (forexample, 5 s) may be included, or only media content at some time point(for example, 11:59:10) may be included.

In one embodiment, the media presentation description in this embodimentof the present invention may be a file including the index informationof the video data. The file may be an XML file constructed by using astandard protocol, for example, by using a hypertext markup language(Hypertext Markup Language, HTML); or may be a file constructed by usinganother proprietary protocol.

In one embodiment, the media presentation description may be a fileobtained based on the MPEG-DASH standard. In November 2011, an MPEGorganization authorized the DASH standard. The DASH standard is an HTTPprotocol-based technical specification (referred to as a DASH technicalspecification below) for transmitting a media stream. The DASH technicalspecification mainly includes two major parts: a media presentationdescription (English: Media Presentation Description, MPD) and a mediafile format (English: file format). In the DASH standard, the mediapresentation description is referred to as an MPD. The MPD may be an XMLfile, and information in the file is described hierarchically. As shownin FIG. 2, previous-level information is completely inherited bynext-level information. In this file, some media metadata is described.The metadata can enable the client to learn of media content informationin the server, and can construct, by using the information, an HTTP URLrequesting a segment.

In the DASH standard, a media presentation (English: media presentation)is a set of structured data that presents media content. A mediapresentation description is a file describing a media presentation in astandardized manner, and is used to provide a streaming service. For aperiod, a group of continuous periods form an entire media presentation,and periods are characterized by continuity and non-overlapping. Arepresentation encapsulates one or more structured data sets havingmedia content components (separate encoded media types, for example,audio and videos) of descriptive metadata. In other words, arepresentation is a set or encapsulation of one or more bitstreams in atransmission format, and one representation includes one or moresegments. An adaptation set represents a set of a plurality ofalternative encoding versions of a same media content component, and oneadaptation set includes one or more representations. A subset is acombination of a group of adaptation sets, and when a player plays allthe adaptation sets, corresponding media content can be obtained.Segment information is a media unit used by an HTTP uniform resourcelocator in a media presentation description. The segment informationdescribes segments of media data. The segments of the media data may bestored in one file, or may be separately stored. In a possible manner,an MPD stores segments of media data.

In embodiments of the present invention, for technical concepts relatedto an MPEG-DASH technology, refer to relevant regulations in ISO/IEC23009-1:2014 Information technology—Dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP(DASH)—Part 1: Media presentation description and segment formats, orrefer to relevant regulations in a historical standard version such asISO/IEC 23009-1:2013 or ISO/IEC 23009-1:2012.

In one embodiment, the index information of the video data in thisembodiment of the present invention may be a specific storage address,for example, a hyperlink; or may be a specific value; or may be astorage address template, for example, a URL template. In this case, theclient may generate a video data obtaining request based on the URLtemplate, and request the video data from a corresponding address.

In one embodiment, obtaining the video data based on the indexinformation of the video data in this embodiment of the presentinvention may include the following operations:

the media presentation description including the video data, obtainingthe corresponding video data from the media presentation descriptionbased on the index information of the video data, where in this case, noadditional video data obtaining request needs to be sent to the server;or

the index information of the video data being a storage addresscorresponding to the video data, sending, by the client, the video dataobtaining request to the storage address, and then, receiving thecorresponding video data, where the request may an HTTP-based obtainingrequest; or

the index information of the video data being a storage address templateof the video data, generating, by the client, the corresponding videodata obtaining request based on the template, and then, receiving thecorresponding video data, where when generating the video data obtainingrequest based on the storage address template, the client may constructthe video data obtaining request based on information included in themedia presentation description, or may construct the video dataobtaining request based on information about the client, or mayconstruct the video obtaining request based on transport networkinformation; and the video data obtaining request may be an HTTP-basedobtaining request.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data in thisembodiment of the present invention may include at least one piece ofthe following information: yaw information, pitch information, rollinformation, and tilt processing manner information.

The tilt information of the video data mainly embodies a differencebetween a forward angle of the acquisition device and a forward angle ofthe client device during presentation, or a difference between a presetangle and a forward angle of the client device during presentation, or arotation angle, rotation pixels, or rotation blocks, of a video framerelative to a reference video frame. A yaw, a pitch, and a roll may beused to indicate a posture of an object in an inertial coordinatesystem, and may also be referred to as Euler angles.

In one embodiment, information such as the yaw information, the pitchinformation, and the roll information may be information using an angleas a unit, may be information using a pixel as a unit, or may be datausing a block as a unit.

For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the yaw is α, the pitch is β, and theroll (the angle of roll) is 0.

In one embodiment, forms of expression for the tilt information are asfollows:

  aligned(8) class positionSample( ){ unsigned int(16) position_yaw;//atilt yaw unsigned int(16) position_pitch;//a tilt pitch unsigned int(16)position_roll;//a tilt roll }.

In one embodiment, the tilt processing manner information may includeinterpolation information and sampling information. The interpolationinformation may include an interpolation manner, and the samplinginformation may include a sampling rate and the like. An imageacquisition sensor and a tilt data acquisition sensor in the acquisitiondevice may be different sensors, and the sensors may have differentsampling frequency. Therefore, if a sampling rate of tilt data and asampling rate of video data are different, interpolation calculationneeds to be performed on the tilt data, to obtain tilt information ofvideo data corresponding to a moment. A manner for the interpolationcalculation may be a linear interpolation, a polynomial interpolation,or the like.

An example of the tilt processing manner information is as follows:

  aligned(8) class positionSampleEntry//tilt processing mannerinformation of a tilt data sample  {      ... unsigned int(8)interpolation;//an interpolation manner unsigned int(8) sample rate;//adata sampling rate ... }

In one embodiment, obtaining tilt information of the video data in thisembodiment of the present invention may include the following:

1. The tilt information of the video data and the video data areencapsulated into a same bitstream. In this case, the tilt informationof the video data may be obtained by using the bitstream of the videodata.

In one embodiment, the tilt information may be encapsulated into aparameter set of bitstreams, for example, may be encapsulated into avideo parameter set (video_parameter_set, VPS), a sequence parameter set(sequence_parameter_set, SPS), a picture parameter set(picture_parameter_set, PPS), or another VR extension-related parameterset.

In an example, the tilt information is described in the PPS as follows:

pic_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { Descriptor if (position_extension_flag){u(1) position_yaw/a tilt yaw position_pitch/a tilt pitch position_roll/atilt roll } }

In one embodiment, the tilt information is encapsulated into SEI(Supplemental enhancement information).

sei_payload (payloadType, payloadSize) { Descriptor if (payloadType = =position) position_payload (payloadSize) }

In the foregoing syntax, position represents a specific value, forexample, 190, used to indicate that if a type value of the SEI is 190,data in an SEI NALU (Network Abstract Layer Unit, network abstractionlayer unit) is the tilt information. The number 190 is only a specificexample, and does not constitute any specific limitation to thisembodiment of the present invention.

A description method for position_payload (payloadSize) is as follows:

position_payload (payloadSize) { Descriptor position_yaw/a tilt yawposition_pitch/a tilt pitch position_roll/a tilt roll }

In one embodiment, the bitstream further includes a tilt informationidentifier, and the tilt information identifier is used to indicatewhether tilt information exists in the bitstream. For example, the tiltinformation identifier is a flag. When a value of the flag is 1, itindicates that tilt information exists in the bitstream. When the valueof the flag is 0, it indicates that no tilt information exists in thebitstream.

In one embodiment, the flag may be described in a video parameter setVPS, an SPS, or a PPS. Specific syntax is as follows: Ifposition_extension_flag=1, it indicates that bitstream data of eachframe includes tilt data of a current frame.

video_parameter_set_rbsp/seq_parameter_set_rbsp/ pic_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { Descriptor position_extension_flag u(1) }

In one embodiment, in addition to being obtained by a sensor or by usinga sensor data interpolation, the data may further be obtained by usingan encoder during spherical motion estimation, and may be considered asfull rotation information of a spherical frame and a reference sphericalframe. The rotation information may be a tilt absolute value (tiltinformation of the spherical frame during acquisition), or may be arelative value (rotation information of a current spherical framerelative to a reference spherical frame in a VR video), or may be achange value of a relative value. This is not specifically limited. Aspherical image or a 2D image obtained after spherical mapping may beused during the spherical motion estimation. This is not specificallylimited. After obtaining the information, a decoder needs to find alocation of reference data in the reference frame by using this value,to complete correct decoding of the video data.

2. The tilt information of the video data is encapsulated into a trackindependent of the video data.

In one embodiment, the track is a type of sample sequence having a timeattribute in an ISO standard-based media file.

In this case, the client needs to obtain the tilt information of thevideo data by using the track for transmitting the tilt information orby sending a tilt information obtaining request. In one embodiment, themedia presentation description includes the index information of thetilt information, and the client may obtain the tilt information of thevideo data in a manner similar to the foregoing manner of obtaining thevideo data. In one embodiment, the index information of the tiltinformation may be sent to the client by using a file independent of themedia presentation description.

In an example, a description of the tilt information is as follows:

aligned(8) class positionSample( ){ unsigned int(16) position_yaw;//atilt yaw unsigned int(16) position_pitch;//a tilt pitch unsigned int(16)position_roll;//a tilt roll }.

In one embodiment, the tilt information further includes:

aligned(8) class positionSampleEntry//description information of alltilt information  { unsigned int(16) max_position_yaw;//a maximum tiltyaw unsigned int(16) max_position_pitch;//a maximum tilt pitch unsignedint(16) max_position_roll;//a maximum tilt roll }

The client obtains description information in the track of the tiltdata. The description information describes a maximum tilt status of thetilt data in the track. The client may apply in advance, based on themaximum tilt status, for maximum calculation space for image processing,to avoid memory space re-application in an image processing process dueto a change in the tilt data.

In one embodiment, the media presentation description includes metadataof the tilt information, and the client may obtain the tilt informationof the video data based on the metadata.

In a DASH standard-based example, the metadata of the tilt informationadded to the MPD is described as follows:

  <AdaptationSet [...] ><!−a description of the metadata of the tiltinformation--> <Representation id=″12″ codec=″posm″>   <BaseURL>Positionmetadate.mp4</BaseURL>  </Representation> </AdaptationSet>

Alternatively, the tilt information is described in the MPD.

For example, the tilt information is added to a period layer or anadaptation set layer. A specific example is as follows:

The tilt information is added to the adaptation set layer, to indicate atilt status of video stream content in an adaptation set:

 <AdaptationSet position_yaw=″10″ position_pitch = ″10″ position_roll =″10″ [...] ><!-a description of the tilt information -->  <Representation id=″12″ codec=″hvc1>    <BaseURL>video1.mp4</BaseURL>  </Representation>  </AdaptationSet>

The tilt information is added to the period layer, to indicate a tiltstatus of video stream content of a next layer of the period layer:

 <period position_yaw=″10″ position_pitch = ″10″ position_roll=″10″[...] ><!-a description of the tilt information -->   <AdaptationSetid=″12″ codec=″hvc1″>    ...   </AdaptationSet>  </period>

The client may obtain, by parsing the MPD, metadata indicated by thetilt data, construct a URL for obtaining the tilt data, and obtain thetilt data. It may be understood that, the foregoing example is only usedto help understanding the technical solution of embodiments of thepresent invention. The metadata of the tilt information mayalternatively be described in a representation or a descriptor of theMPD.

3. The tilt information of the video data is encapsulated into a trackof the video data.

In this case, the tilt information of the video data may be obtained byusing the track for transmitting the video data.

In an example, the tilt information may be encapsulated into themetadata of the video data.

In one embodiment, the tilt information may be encapsulated into themedia presentation description. In this case, the client may obtain thetilt information by using the metadata of the video data. For example,the tilt information of the video data may be obtained by parsing themedia presentation description.

In an example, a sample for adding the tilt information to a video trackis described. In this embodiment, a box for describing the tiltinformation is Positioninfomationbox:

aligned(8) class Positioninfomationbox FullBox(′psib′, version, 0) {unsigned int(16) sample_counter;//a quantity of samples for(i=1; i<=sample_counter; i++) {   unsigned int(16) position_yaw;//a tilt yaw  unsigned int(16) position_pitch;//a tilt pitch   unsigned int(16)position roll;//a tilt roll  } } or aligned(8) classPositioninfomationbox FullBox(′psib′, version, 0) { unsigned int(16)sample_counter;//a quantity of samples unsigned int(8)interpolation;//an interpolation manner unsigned int(8) samplerate;//adata sampling rate for(i=1; i<= sample_counter; i++) {   unsignedint(16) position_yaw;//a tilt yaw   unsigned int(16) position_pitch;//atilt pitch   unsigned int(16) position_roll;//a tilt roll  } }

According to the video data processing method in this embodiment of thepresent invention, the tilt data related to the acquisition device isused as metadata for encapsulation. The metadata is more beneficial toVR video presentation of the client. The client may present forwardvideo content or content in an original shooting posture of aphotographer, and may calculate a location of a central area of a videoacquisition lens in an image by using the data. Therefore, the clientmay select, based on the principle that different distances betweenvideo content and a central location result in different deformationsand different resolution of video content, a space area for viewing avideo.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a streaming-technologybased video data processing apparatus. The apparatus includes: areceiver, where the receiver is configured to obtain a mediapresentation description, and the media presentation descriptionincludes index information of video data, where the receiver is furtherconfigured to obtain the video data based on the index information ofthe video data; and the receiver is further configured to obtain tiltinformation of the video data; and a processor, where the processor isconfigured to process the video data based on the tilt information ofthe video data.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data includes atleast one piece of the following information:

yaw information, pitch information, roll information, or tilt processingmanner information.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data isencapsulated into metadata of the video data.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data and the videodata are encapsulated into a same bitstream.

In one embodiment, the bitstream further includes a tilt informationidentifier, and the tilt information identifier is used to indicatewhether tilt information exists in the bitstream.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data isencapsulated into a track independent of the video data.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data isencapsulated into a track of the video data.

It may be understood that, in examples of specific embodiments andrelated features of the apparatus embodiment of the present invention,the embodiments corresponding to the method embodiment may be used.Details are not described herein again.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a streaming-technologybased video data processing method. The method includes:

sending a media presentation description to a client; and

obtaining tilt information of video data, and sending the tiltinformation of the video data to the client.

In one embodiment, the method further includes: obtaining the videodata, and sending the video data to the client.

In one embodiment, the method further includes: receiving a mediapresentation description obtaining request sent by the client.

In one embodiment, the method further includes: receiving a video dataobtaining request sent by the client.

In one embodiment, the obtaining tilt information of video data includesthe following possible embodiments:

receiving the tilt information of the video data; or

acquiring, by an acquisition device, the tilt information of the videodata.

In one embodiment, the streaming technology in this embodiment of thepresent invention is a technology in which a string of media data iscompressed and then the data is sent at different times through anetwork and is transmitted on the network for play by the client. Thereare two manners for streaming transmission: progressive streaming andreal-time streaming. The streaming transport protocol mainly includes ahypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), a real-time transport protocol(RTP), a real-time transport control protocol (RTCP), a resource reserveprotocol (RRP), a real time streaming protocol (RTSP), a routing tablemaintenance protocol (RMTP), and the like.

In one embodiment, the video data in this embodiment of the presentinvention may include one or more frames of image data, and may beoriginal data acquired by an acquisition device, or may be data obtainedafter acquired original data is encoded. In one embodiment, acquiredoriginal data is encoded by using an encoding standard such as ITU H.264or ITU H.265. In one embodiment, video data includes one or more mediasegments (segment). In an example, a server prepares a plurality ofversions of bitstreams for same video content, and each version ofbitstream is referred to as a representation. The representation is aset and encapsulation of one or more bitstreams in a transmissionformat. One representation includes one or more segments. Encodingparameters, such as a bit rate and resolution, of different versions ofbitstreams may be different, each bitstream is divided into a pluralityof small files, and each small file is referred to as a segment. In aprocess of requesting media segment data, the client may switch betweendifferent media. In an example, the server prepares threerepresentations for a movie, including rept, rep2, and rep3, where reptis a high-definition video at a bit rate of 4 MBPS (megabits persecond), rep2 is a standard-definition video at a bit rate of 2 MBPS,and rep3 is a standard-definition video at a bit rate of 1 MBPS.Segments of each representation may be stored together in a file in anend-to end manner, or may be separately stored as small files. A segmentmay be encapsulated in a standard ISO/IEC 14496-12 Base Media FileFormat (ISO BMFF), or may be encapsulated in an ISO/IEC 13818-1 format(MPEG-2 TS).

In one embodiment, video data may alternatively be encapsulated based ona proprietary protocol. Media content within a time length (for example,5 s) may be included, or only media content at some time point (forexample, 11:59:10) may be included.

In one embodiment, the media presentation description in this embodimentof the present invention may be a file including the index informationof the video data. The file may be an XML file constructed by using astandard protocol, for example, by using a hypertext markup language(HTML); or may be a file constructed by using another proprietaryprotocol.

In one embodiment, the media presentation description may be a fileobtained based on the MPEG-DASH standard. In November 2011, an MPEGorganization authorized the DASH standard. The DASH standard is an HTTPprotocol-based technical specification (referred to as a DASH technicalspecification below) for transmitting a media stream. The DASH technicalspecification mainly includes two major parts: a media presentationdescription (MPD) and a media file format. In the DASH standard, themedia presentation description is referred to as an MPD. The MPD may bean XML file, and information in the file is described hierarchically. Asshown in FIG. 2, previous-level information is completely inherited bynext-level information. In this file, some media metadata is described.The metadata can enable the client to learn of media content informationin the server, and can construct, by using the information, an HTTP URLrequesting a segment.

In the DASH standard, a media presentation is a set of structured datathat presents media content. A media presentation description is a filedescribing a media presentation in a standardized manner, and is used toprovide a streaming service. For a period, a group of continuous periodsform an entire media presentation, and periods are characterized bycontinuity and non-overlapping. A representation encapsulates one ormore structured data sets having media content components (separateencoded media types, for example, audio and videos) of descriptivemetadata. In other words, a representation is a set or encapsulation ofone or more bitstreams in a transmission format, and one representationincludes one or more segments. An adaptation set represents a set of aplurality of alternative encoding versions of a same media contentcomponent, and one adaptation set includes one or more representations.A subset is a combination of a group of adaptation sets, and when aplayer plays all the adaptation sets, corresponding media content can beobtained. Segment information is a media unit used by an HTTP uniformresource locator in a media presentation description. The segmentinformation describes segments of media data. The segments of the mediadata may be stored in one file, or may be separately stored. In apossible manner, an MPD stores segments of media data.

In embodiments of the present invention, for technical concepts relatedto an MPEG-DASH technology, refer to relevant regulations in ISO/IEC23009-1:2014 Information technology—Dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP(DASH)—Part 1: Media presentation description and segment formats, orrefer to relevant regulations in a historical standard version such asISO/IEC 23009-1:2013 or ISO/IEC 23009-1:2012.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data in thisembodiment of the present invention may include at least one piece ofthe following information: yaw information, pitch information, rollinformation, and tilt processing manner information.

The tilt information of the video data mainly embodies a differencebetween a forward angle of the acquisition device and a forward angle ofthe client device during presentation.

In one embodiment, forms of expression for the tilt information are asfollows:

aligned(8) class positionSample( ){ unsigned int(16) position_yaw;//atilt yaw unsigned int(16) position_pitch;//a tilt pitch unsigned int(16)position roll;//a tilt roll }

In one embodiment, the tilt processing manner information may includeinterpolation information and sampling information. The interpolationinformation may include an interpolation manner, and the samplinginformation may include a sampling rate and the like. An imageacquisition sensor and a tilt data acquisition sensor in the acquisitiondevice may be different sensors, and the sensors may have differentsampling frequency. Therefore, if a sampling rate of tilt data and asampling rate of video data are different, interpolation calculationneeds to be performed on the tilt data, to obtain tilt information ofvideo data corresponding to a moment. A manner for the interpolationcalculation may be a linear interpolation, a polynomial interpolation,or the like.

In an example, an example of the tilt processing manner information isas follows:

aligned(8) class positionSampleEntry//tilt processing manner informationof a tilt data sample

 {   ...... unsigned int(8) interpolation;//an interpolation mannerunsigned int(8) sample rate;//a data sampling rate... }

In this embodiment of the present invention, the sending the tiltinformation of the video data to the client may include the followingembodiments:

encapsulating the tilt information of the video data into metadata ofthe video data; or

encapsulating the tilt information of the video data and the video datainto a same bitstream; or

encapsulating the tilt information of the video data into a trackindependent of the video data; or

encapsulating the tilt information of the video data into a fileindependent of the video data; or

encapsulating the tilt information of the video data into a track of thevideo data.

For a specific example of the foregoing embodiment, refer to theembodiment of the corresponding part in the embodiment of the firstaspect. Details are not described herein again.

A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a streaming-technologybased video data processing apparatus. The apparatus includes:

a sending module, configured to send a media presentation description toa client; and

a tilt information obtaining module, configured to obtain tiltinformation of video data, where

the sending module is further configured to send the tilt information ofthe video data to the client.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further includes a video data obtainingmodule, configured to obtain the video data, and the sending module isfurther configured to send the video data to the client.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further includes a receiving module,configured to receive a media presentation description obtaining requestsent by the client.

In one embodiment, the receiving module is further configured to receivea video data obtaining request sent by the client.

In one embodiment, obtaining tilt information of video data includes thefollowing possible operations:

receiving the tilt information of the video data; or

acquiring, by an acquisition device, the tilt information of the videodata.

In this embodiment of the present invention, sending the tiltinformation of the video data to the client may include the followingoperations:

encapsulating the tilt information of the video data into metadata ofthe video data; or

encapsulating the tilt information of the video data and the video datainto a same bitstream; or

encapsulating the tilt information of the video data into a trackindependent of the video data; or

encapsulating the tilt information of the video data into a fileindependent of the video data; or

encapsulating the tilt information of the video data into a track of thevideo data.

For a specific example of the foregoing operations, refer to theembodiments of the third aspect and the embodiments of the first aspect.Details are not described herein again.

It may be understood that, for examples of possible features of thisapparatus embodiment, refer to the embodiment of the third aspect.Details are not described herein again.

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To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the presentinvention more clearly, the following briefly describes the accompanyingdrawings required for describing the embodiments. The accompanyingdrawings in the following description show some embodiments of thepresent invention, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may deriveother drawings from these accompanying drawings without creativeefforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a yaw, a pitch, and a roll according toan embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a media presentationdescription when streaming transmission is performed based on MPEG-DASHaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a streaming-technology based videodata processing method according to an embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a streaming-technologybased video data processing method according to an embodiment of thepresent invention; and

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a streaming-technology basedvideo data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of thepresent invention.

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The following describes the technical solutions in embodiments of thepresent invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.Apparently, the described embodiments are merely some but not all of theembodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments obtained bya person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of thepresent invention without creative efforts shall fall within theprotection scope of the present invention.

The following describes a streaming-technology based video dataprocessing method according to an embodiment of the present inventionwith reference to FIG. 3. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes thefollowing operations.

S301: Obtain a media presentation description, where the mediapresentation description includes index information of video data.

S302: Obtain the video data based on the index information of the videodata.

S303: Obtain tilt information of the video data.

S304: Process the video data based on the tilt information of the videodata.

According to the video data processing method in this embodiment of thepresent invention, the tilt information is transmitted, so that a clientadjusts a presentation manner for the video data based on the tiltinformation.

It may be understood that, the foregoing order of operations is only anexample for helping understand of this embodiment of the presentinvention, instead of a limitation to this embodiment of the presentinvention. For example, an order of steps S302 and S303 can be reversed.

The following describes an embodiment of a streaming-technology basedvideo data processing method according to an embodiment of the presentinvention with reference to FIG. 4.

As shown in FIG. 4, an acquisition device 400 acquires video data. Inthis embodiment of the present invention, the acquisition device 400 maybe a plurality of camera arrays, or may be scattered cameras. Afteracquiring original data, the cameras may send the original data to aserver 401, and the server encodes the original data; or the video datamay be encoded at the acquisition device end, and then the encoded datais sent to the server 401. The acquired data may be encoded by using anexisting video coding standard such as ITU H.262, ITU H.264, or ITUH.265, or may be encoded by using a private coding protocol. Theacquisition device 400 or the server 401 may stitch images acquired bythe plurality of cameras into one image applied to VR presentation, andencode and store the image.

The acquisition device 400 further includes a sensor (for example, agyroscope), configured to obtain tilt information of the video data.Usually, the tilt information of the video data refers to a tilt statusof the acquisition device when the video data is acquired at a moment,to be specific, a yaw, a pitch, and a roll of a primary optical axis ofa lens of the acquisition device. The yaw, the pitch, and the roll arealso referred to as Euler angles or posture angles of the primaryoptical axis. After the tilt information of the video data is obtained,the tilt information of the video data is sent to the server 401. In anexample, the server 401 may alternatively receive the tilt informationof the video data from another server. The tilt information may beinformation obtained after data filtering or data downsampling isperformed on acquired original tilt data.

In one embodiment, alternatively, the tilt information of the video datamay directly be calculated on a server side. For example, the server 401obtains the tilt information of the video data based on storedinformation about the acquisition device or information about theacquisition device received in real time. For example, the server 401stores tilt information of the acquisition device at various moments, orthe server may obtain the tilt information of the video data byprocessing a real-time status of the acquisition device. The server 401may obtain status information of the acquisition device 401 byinteracting with the acquisition device 400, or may perform processingby using another device (for example, shoot the acquisition device byusing another camera, and obtain the tilt information of the acquisitiondevice in a modeling manner). The embodiment of this aspect mainlyrelates to a transmission manner of the tilt information of the videodata, and there is no specific limitation to how the server obtains thetilt information.

In one embodiment, alternatively, tilt data of a video frame relative toa reference video frame may be directly calculated on side of anencoder. The tilt data may also be referred to as rotation data orrelative rotation data. The encoder may obtain relative offsetinformation of a current VR frame relative to a reference video frame onthree axes: x, y, and z through motion search, or may obtain adifference obtained by using the relative rotation data. A motion searchmethod of the encoder is not specifically limited.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data in thisembodiment of the present invention may include at least one piece ofthe following information: yaw information, pitch information, rollinformation, and tilt processing manner information.

In one embodiment, information such as the yaw information, the pitchinformation, and the roll information may be information using an angleas a unit, may be information using a pixel as a unit, or may be datausing a block as a unit.

The tilt information of the video data mainly embodies a differencebetween a forward angle of the acquisition device and a forward angle ofthe client device during presentation, or a difference between a presetangle and a forward angle of the client device during presentation, or arotation angle, rotation pixels, or rotation blocks, of a video framerelative to a reference video frame.

In one embodiment, forms of expression for the tilt information are asfollows:

aligned(8) class positionSample( ){ unsigned int(16) position_yaw;//atilt yaw unsigned int(16) position_pitch;//a tilt pitch unsigned int(16)position roll;//a tilt roll }.

In one embodiment, the tilt processing manner information may includeinterpolation information and sampling information. The interpolationinformation may include an interpolation manner, and the samplinginformation may include a sampling rate and the like. An imageacquisition sensor and a tilt data acquisition sensor in the acquisitiondevice 400 may be different sensors, and the sensors may have differentsampling frequency. If a sampling rate of tilt data and a sampling rateof video data are different, interpolation calculation needs to beperformed on the tilt data, to obtain tilt information of video datacorresponding to a moment. A manner for the interpolation calculationmay be a linear interpolation, a polynomial interpolation, or the like.

In an example, an example of the tilt processing manner information isas follows:

aligned(8) class positionSampleEntry//tilt processing manner informationof a tilt data sample

 {   ... unsigned int(8) interpolation;//an interpolation mannerunsigned int(8) sample rate;//a data sampling rate... }

In one embodiment, the server 401 generates a media presentationdescription based on the video data. The media presentation descriptionincludes index information of the video data. In a manner, the server401 may send the media presentation description to a client 402 withoutobtaining a request of the client 402, and such a manner is mainlyapplied to a live scenario. In another manner, the server 401 firstneeds to receive a media presentation description obtaining request sentby the client 402, and then send the corresponding media presentationdescription to the client 402, and such a manner is mainly applied to alive scenario or an on-demand scenario.

In one embodiment, the media presentation description in this embodimentof the present invention may be a file including the index informationof the video data. The file may be an XML file constructed by using astandard protocol, for example, by using a hypertext markup language(HTML); or may be a file constructed by using another proprietaryprotocol.

In one embodiment, the media presentation description may be a fileobtained based on the MPEG-DASH standard. In November 2011, an MPEGorganization authorized the DASH standard. The DASH standard is an HTTPprotocol-based technical specification (referred to as a DASH technicalspecification below) for transmitting a media stream. The DASH technicalspecification mainly includes two major parts: a media presentationdescription (MPD) and a media file format. In the DASH standard, themedia presentation description is referred to as an MPD. The MPD may bean XML file, and information in the file is described hierarchically. Asshown in FIG. 2, previous-level information is completely inherited bynext-level information. In this file, some media metadata is described.The metadata can enable the client to learn of media content informationin the server, and can construct, by using the information, an HTTP URLrequesting a segment.

In the DASH standard, a media presentation is a set of structured datathat presents media content. A media presentation description is a filedescribing a media presentation in a standardized manner, and is used toprovide a streaming service. For a period, a group of continuous periodsform an entire media presentation, and periods are characterized bycontinuity and non-overlapping. A representation encapsulates one ormore structured data sets having media content components (separateencoded media types, for example, audio and videos) of descriptivemetadata. In other words, a representation is a set or encapsulation ofone or more bitstreams in a transmission format, and one representationincludes one or more segments. An adaptation set represents a set of aplurality of alternative encoding versions of a same media contentcomponent, and one adaptation set includes one or more representations.A subset is a combination of a group of adaptation sets, and when aplayer plays all the adaptation sets, corresponding media content can beobtained. Segment information is a media unit used by an HTTP uniformresource locator in a media presentation description. The segmentinformation describes segments of media data. The segments of the mediadata may be stored in one file, or may be separately stored. In apossible manner, an MPD stores segments of media data.

In embodiments of the present invention, for technical concepts relatedto an MPEG-DASH technology, refer to relevant regulations in ISO/IEC23009-1:2014 Information technology—Dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP(DASH)—Part 1: Media presentation description and segment formats, orrefer to relevant regulations in a historical standard version such asISO/IEC 23009-1:2013 or ISO/IEC 23009-1:2012.

In one embodiment, the index information of the video data in thisembodiment of the present invention may be a specific storage address,for example, a hyperlink; or may be a specific value; or may be astorage address template, for example, a URL template. In this case, theclient may generate a video data obtaining request based on the URLtemplate, and request the video data from a corresponding address.

In one embodiment, obtaining, by the client 402, the video data based onthe index information of the video data may include the followingoperations:

the media presentation description including the video data, obtainingthe corresponding video data from the media presentation descriptionbased on the index information of the video data, where in this case, noadditional video data obtaining request needs to be sent to the server;or

the index information of the video data being a storage addresscorresponding to the video data, sending, by the client, the video dataobtaining request to the storage address, and then, receiving thecorresponding video data, where the request may an HTTP-based obtainingrequest; or

the index information of the video data being a storage address templateof the video data, generating, by the client, the corresponding videodata obtaining request based on the template, and then, receiving thecorresponding video data, where when generating the video data obtainingrequest based on the storage address template, the client may constructthe video data obtaining request based on information included in themedia presentation description, or may construct the video dataobtaining request based on information about the client, or mayconstruct the video obtaining request based on transport networkinformation; and the video data obtaining request may be an HTTP-basedobtaining request.

The client 402 may request the video data from the server 401; or theserver 401 or the acquisition device 400 may send the video data toanother server or a storage device, and the client 402 requests thevideo data from the corresponding server or storage device.

In one embodiment, obtaining tilt information of the video data in thisembodiment of the present invention may include the following:

1. The tilt information of the video data and the video data areencapsulated into a same bitstream. In this case, the tilt informationof the video data may be obtained by using the bitstream of the videodata.

In one embodiment, the tilt information may be encapsulated into aparameter set of bitstreams, for example, may be encapsulated into avideo parameter set (video_parameter_set, VPS), a sequence parameter set(sequence_parameter_set, SPS), a picture parameter set(picture_parameter_set, PPS), or a newly extended VR-related parameterset.

In an example, the tilt information is described in the PPS as follows:

pic_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { Descriptor if (position_extension_flag) {u(1) position_yaw/a tilt yaw position_pitch/a tilt pitch position_roll/atilt roll } }

In one embodiment, the tilt information is encapsulated into SEI(Supplemental enhancement information).

sei_payload (payloadType, payloadSize) { Descriptor  if (payloadType = =position) position_payload (payloadSize) }

In the foregoing syntax, position represents a specific value, forexample, 190, used to indicate that if a type value of the SEI is 190,data in an SEI NALU (Network Abstract Layer Unit, network abstractionlayer unit) is the tilt information. The number 190 is only a specificexample, and does not constitute any specific limitation to thisembodiment of the present invention.

A description method for position_payload (payloadSize) is as follows:

position_payload (payloadSize) { Descriptor position_yaw/a tilt yawposition_pitch/a tilt pitch position_roll/a tilt roll }

In one embodiment, in addition to being obtained by a sensor or by usinga sensor data interpolation, the data may further be obtained by usingan encoder during spherical motion estimation, and may be considered asfull rotation information of a spherical frame and a reference sphericalframe. The rotation information may be a tilt absolute value (tiltinformation of the spherical frame during acquisition), or may be arelative value (rotation information of a current spherical framerelative to a reference spherical frame in a VR video), or may be achange value of a relative value. This is not specifically limited. Aspherical image or a 2D image obtained after spherical mapping may beused during the spherical motion estimation. This is not specificallylimited. After obtaining the information, a decoder needs to find alocation of reference data in the reference frame by using this value,to complete correct decoding of the video data.

In one embodiment, the bitstream further includes a tilt informationidentifier, and the tilt information identifier is used to indicatewhether tilt information exists in the bitstream. For example, the tiltinformation identifier is a flag. When a value of the flag is 1, itindicates that tilt information exists in the bitstream. When the valueof the flag is 0, it indicates that no tilt information exists in thebitstream.

In one embodiment, the flag may be described in a video parameter setVPS, an SPS, or a PPS. Specific syntax is as follows: Ifposition_extension_flag=1, it indicates that bitstream data of eachframe includes tilt data of a current frame.

video_parameter_set_rbsp/seq_parameter_set_rbsp/ pic_parameter_set_rbsp( ) { Descriptor  position_extension_flag u(1) }

2. The tilt information of the video data is encapsulated into a trackindependent of the video data.

In this case, the client needs to obtain the tilt information of thevideo data by using the track for transmitting the tilt information orby sending a tilt information obtaining request. In one embodiment, themedia presentation description includes the index information of thetilt information, and the client may obtain the tilt information of thevideo data in a manner similar to the foregoing manner of obtaining thevideo data. In one embodiment, the index information of the tiltinformation may be sent to the client by using a file independent of themedia presentation description.

In an example, a description of the tilt information is as follows:

aligned(8) class positionSample( ){ unsigned int(16) position_yaw;//atilt yaw unsigned int(16) position_pitch;//a tilt pitch unsigned int(16)position_roll;//a tilt roll }.

In one embodiment, the tilt information further includes:

aligned(8) class positionSampleEntry//description information of alltilt information  { unsigned int(16) max_position_yaw;//a maximum tiltyaw unsigned int(16) max_position_pitch;//a maximum tilt pitch unsignedint(16) max_position_roll;//a maximum tilt roll }

The client obtains description information in the track of the tiltdata. The description information describes a maximum tilt status of thetilt data in the track. The client may apply in advance, based on themaximum tilt status, for maximum calculation space for image processing,to avoid memory space re-application in an image processing process dueto a change in the tilt data.

In one embodiment, the media presentation description includes metadataof the tilt information, and the client may obtain the tilt informationof the video data based on the metadata.

In a DASH standard-based example, the metadata of the tilt informationadded to the MPD is described as follows:

<AdaptationSet [...] ><!-a description of the metadata of the tiltinformation--> <Representation id=″12″ codec=″posm″>   <BaseURL>Positionmetadate.mp4</BaseURL>  </Representation> </AdaptationSet>

Alternatively, the tilt information is described in the MPD.

For example, the tilt information is added to a period layer or anadaptation set layer. A specific example is as follows:

The tilt information is added to the adaptation set layer, to indicate atilt status of video stream content in an adaptation set:

 <AdaptationSet position_yaw=″10″ position_pitch = ″10″ position_roll =″10″ [...] ><!-a description of the tilt information -->  <Representation id=″12″ codec=″hvc1″ >    <BaseURL>video1.mp4</BaseURL>   </Representation>  </AdaptationSet>

The tilt information is added to the period layer, to indicate a tiltstatus of video stream content of a next layer of the period layer:

 <period position_yaw=″10″ position_pitch = ″10″ position_roll=″10″[...] ><!-a description of the tilt information -->   < AdaptationSetid=″12″ codec=″hvc1″>    ...   </AdaptationSet>  </period>

The client may obtain, by parsing the MPD, metadata indicated by thetilt data, construct a URL for obtaining the tilt data, and obtain thetilt data. It may be understood that, the foregoing example is only usedto help understanding the technical solution of embodiments of thepresent invention. The metadata of the tilt information mayalternatively be described in a representation or a descriptor of theMPD.

3. The tilt information of the video data is encapsulated into a trackof the video data.

In this case, the tilt information of the video data may be obtained byusing the track for transmitting the video data.

In an example, the tilt information may be encapsulated into themetadata of the video data.

In one embodiment, the tilt information may be encapsulated into themedia presentation description. In this case, the client may obtain thetilt information by using the metadata of the video data. For example,the tilt information of the video data may be obtained by parsing themedia presentation description.

In an example, a sample for adding the tilt information to a video trackis described. In this embodiment, a box for describing the tiltinformation is Positioninfomationbox:

aligned(8) class Positioninfomationbox FullBox(′psib′, version, 0) {unsigned int(16) sample_counter;//a quantity of samples for(i=1; i<=sample_counter; i++) {   unsigned int(16) position_yaw;//a tilt yaw  unsigned int(16) position_pitch;//a tilt pitch   unsigned int(16)position_roll;//a tilt roll  } } or aligned(8) classPositioninfomationbox FullBox(′psib′, version, 0) { unsigned int(16)sample_counter;//a quantity of samples unsigned int(8)interpolation;//an interpolation manner unsigned int(8) samplerate;//adata sampling rate for(i=1; i<= sample_counter; i++) {   unsignedint(16) position_yaw;//a tilt yaw   unsigned int(16) position_pitch;//atilt pitch   unsigned int(16) position_roll;//a tilt roll  }

In one embodiment, the tilt information is described in metadata of avideo track. Behaviors of the client are as follows:

1. After obtaining the video track, the client first parses the metadataof the track, and in the metadata parsing process, a PSIB box (that is,Positioninfomationbox in the foregoing example) is parsed out.

2. The client may obtain, from the PSIB box, tilt informationcorresponding to a video image.

3. The client performs angle adjustment or display adjustment on adecoded video image based on the tilt information.

According to the video data processing method in this embodiment of thepresent invention, the tilt data related to the acquisition device isused as metadata for encapsulation. The metadata is more beneficial toVR video presentation of the client. The client may present forwardvideo content or content in an original shooting posture of aphotographer, and may calculate a location of a central area of a videoacquisition lens in an image by using the data. Therefore, the clientmay select, based on the principle that different distances betweenvideo content and a central location result in different deformationsand different resolution of video content, a space area for viewing avideo.

The following describes a streaming-technology based video dataprocessing apparatus 500 according to an embodiment of the presentinvention with reference to FIG. 5. The apparatus 500 includes: areceiver 501, where the receiver 501 is configured to obtain a mediapresentation description, and the media presentation descriptionincludes index information of video data, where the receiver 501 isfurther configured to obtain the video data based on the indexinformation of the video data; and the receiver 501 is furtherconfigured to obtain tilt information of the video data; and a processor502, where the processor is configured to present the video data basedon the tilt information of the video data.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data includes atleast one piece of the following information:

yaw information, pitch information, roll information, or tilt processingmanner information.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data isencapsulated into metadata of the video data.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data and the videodata are encapsulated into a same bitstream.

In one embodiment, the bitstream further includes a tilt informationidentifier, and the tilt information identifier is used to indicatewhether tilt information exists in the bitstream.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data isencapsulated into a track independent of the video data; or

the tilt information of the video data is encapsulated into a fileindependent of the video data.

In one embodiment, the tilt information of the video data isencapsulated into a track of the video data.

It may be understood that, in examples of specific embodiments andrelated features of the disclosed apparatus, the embodiments of thecorresponding method may be used. Details are not described hereinagain.

It should be noted that, to make the description brief, the foregoingmethod embodiments are expressed as a series of operations. However, aperson skilled in the art should appreciate that embodiments of thepresent invention are not limited to the sequence of operations, becauseaccording to embodiments of the present invention, some operations maybe performed in other sequences or performed simultaneously. Inaddition, a person skilled in the art should also appreciate that allthe embodiments described in the specification are example embodiments,and the related operations and modules are not necessarily mandatory toembodiments of the present invention.

Content such as information exchange and an execution process betweenthe modules in the apparatus and the system is based on a same idea asthe method embodiments of the present invention. Therefore, for detailedcontent, refer to descriptions in the method embodiments of the presentinvention. Details are not described herein again.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may understand that all or some ofthe processes of the methods in the embodiments may be implemented by acomputer program instructing relevant hardware. The program may bestored in a computer readable storage medium. When the program runs, theprocesses of the methods in the embodiments are performed. The foregoingstorage medium may include: a magnetic disk, an optical disc, aread-only memory (ROM), or a random access memory (RAM).

What is claimed is:
 1. A streaming-technology based video dataprocessing method, comprising: obtaining a media presentationdescription, wherein the media presentation description comprises indexinformation of video data; obtaining the video data based on the indexinformation of the video data; obtaining tilt information of the videodata; and processing the video data based on the tilt information of thevideo data.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the tiltinformation of the video data comprises at least one piece of thefollowing information: yaw information, pitch information, rollinformation, or tilt processing manner information.
 3. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the tilt information of the video data isencapsulated into metadata of the video data.
 4. The method according toclaim 1, wherein the tilt information of the video data and the videodata are encapsulated into a same bitstream.
 5. The method according toclaim 4, wherein the bitstream further comprises a tilt informationidentifier, and the tilt information identifier is used to indicatewhether the tilt information exists in the bitstream.
 6. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the tilt information of the video data isencapsulated into a track independent of the video data.
 7. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the tilt information of the video data isencapsulated into a track of the video data.
 8. A streaming-technologybased video data processing apparatus, comprising: a receiver, whereinthe receiver is configured to obtain a media presentation description,and the media presentation description comprises index information ofvideo data, wherein the receiver is further configured to obtain thevideo data based on the index information of the video data; and thereceiver is further configured to obtain tilt information of the videodata; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to processthe video data based on the tilt information of the video data.
 9. Theapparatus according to claim 8, wherein the tilt information of thevideo data comprises at least one piece of the following information:yaw information, pitch information, roll information, or tilt processingmanner information.
 10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein thetilt information of the video data is encapsulated into metadata of thevideo data.
 11. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the tiltinformation of the video data and the video data are encapsulated into asame bitstream.
 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein thebitstream further comprises a tilt information identifier, and the tiltinformation identifier is used to indicate whether tilt informationexists in the bitstream.
 13. The apparatus according to claim 8, whereinthe tilt information of the video data is encapsulated into a trackindependent of the video data.
 14. The apparatus according to claim 8,wherein the tilt information of the video data is encapsulated into atrack of the video data.
 15. A non-transitory computer-readable mediumhaving instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor,cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:obtaining a media presentation description, wherein the mediapresentation description comprises index information of video data;obtaining the video data based on the index information of the videodata; obtaining tilt information of the video data; and processing thevideo data based on the tilt information of the video data.
 16. Thecomputer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the tiltinformation of the video data comprises at least one piece of thefollowing information: yaw information, pitch information, rollinformation, or tilt processing manner information.
 17. Thecomputer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the tiltinformation of the video data is encapsulated into metadata of the videodata.
 18. The computer-readable medium according to claim 15, whereinthe tilt information of the video data and the video data areencapsulated into a same bitstream.
 19. The computer-readable mediumaccording to claim 18, wherein the bitstream further comprises a tiltinformation identifier, and the tilt information identifier is used toindicate whether the tilt information exists in the bitstream.
 20. Thecomputer-readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the tiltinformation of the video data is encapsulated into one of a track of thevideo data and a track independent of the video data.